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Are you like, one of those people thatās really into yoga and meditation and stuff? I donāt know ā just seems like something a yogi would do. Chris? Nice to meet you, hi. Iām Zara.
Not like, really, but I had some trouble with shakiness and stuff like that in highschool so I looked up a whole lot of that. But I do do yoga every once in a while. That's a really cool name, nice to meet you, too.
Concepts - Chris & Klysm
Klysm ran a hand through dark locks, his backpack slugged over his shoulder. He had a slightly rough day, not getting much of the notes in his Statistics class, plus a test tomorrow and on top of that, he had a shit-ton of homework he had to do by Monday. Overall, he had no idea how he was going to do all of this by the beginning of the coming week. And heās been thinking a bit too much, and not talking to anyone yet.
See, that was the struggle. Telling people about himself and his life. That was a process in itself. He had only told professionals about his life, and since that six months ago, he hasnāt told a soul since heās been in the States. He didnāt mind it, of course, it just made his life a little more difficult. He noted that there was a spot on a bench, and went for it when he heard the other person on the bench speak. He glanced over to them, noticing the smile and smiled in returnā or at least, tried to.
"Thanks;." He said, putting his backpack onto the ground beside him and sat down in the spot the other had offered, before going through the bag and got out a text book. This would be a lot of reading, and a lot of time spent in his dorm room in the next 24 hours. Why not get some fresh air?
They had definitely noticed the sort of gloomy air around the other student. Chris had always been a more empathetic sort, always able to tell how others were feeling more clearly. One of their aunts had claimed it had something to do with an 'artistic soul'. Whatever it was, they could tell something was up. They'd gone back to sketching, pencil ghosting over paper with quiet scratching sounds, but the person next to them was near distracting in his gloominess.
Something was up, and while Chris didn't want to pry, they didn't want to let it go and have something happen to him. That would just about kill them. To have had the chance to help someone and given it up only for something horrible to come from it. So after another minute or two of sketching they set aside their pencil and stretched their back, turning their head and looking at the text book.
"What class is that for?" Striking up some friendly conversation never hurt anyone.
Concepts - Chris & Elias
Elias was a bit tired. His eyes were sore from straining in the back of a lecture hall taking notes since he preferred to go through most of his classes without being noticed. He didnāt get a long with most of his professors and even less of his fellow peersā it was less problematic to not be noticed he figured quickly.Ā
It was only on his way back to his dorm did he see the other person. At first he wasnāt going to pause by them under no obligation to say anything. But he found himself inclined to look at what they were concentrating over so hard. He peeked over their shoulder trying to be nonchalant about it but he was anything but. He blinks a little when they notice him, a small tilt of his lips and a even more awkward, āIf you donāt mind.ā He says taking a seat.Ā
"I was just passing and wondering what you were working on." He admitted. "What is it?" He asked, "If you donāt mind telling me that is."
He tilts his head trying to get a better look at the paper.Ā
Chris smiled at the question as their own light eyes fell back to the sketchbook resting on their knees. There wasn't much there yet, just some rough sketches of a face that took up most of the center of the page, a few even less detailed bodies about the corners. At the moment they were just trying to figure out the basics. Details would come later, and then color, and then movement when they moved from pencil and paper to computer.
"Don't mind at all, as long as you don't mind me talking your ear off." They gave a bit of a sheepish grin. Chris knew they tended to ramble when they got excited, and this project was exciting. "It's for my animation course. I'm gonna be doing a short film primarily involving nymphs, so right now i'm just sketching out some concept art."
They tilted the paper so that the guy didn't have to keep tilting his head like that to get a good look at the drawings.
"They're really rough right now, but eventually I'll have a good basis for when I move onto actually animating. This one's the water nymphā see the gills, there?" They motioned with the pencil to the outline of gills along the sketch's neck, tilting their head up to smile at him.
Concepts - Chris & ???
A small hand pushed back unruly locks of dark hair with a sigh, the other dropping a pencil onto the sketchbook in their lap. Deft fingers tied their hair back in practiced motions with a plain black hair-tie that was kept around a thin wrist most of the time. Chris didn't really mind having long hair, but man could it get in the way sometimes. Especially when they were in a position like this, seated on a park bench in the quad with their legs pulled up under them, hunched over a sketchbook.
They had figured out what direction they wanted to go for their short film, but now came the hard part. Deciding what the story was going to be was easy but trying to figure out what characters were going to look like? That was difficult. Chris was so into the process of trying to decide what a water nymph's face should look like they hardly noticed someone's shadow falling across them until they suddenly realized it was a lot less bright then it had been a few seconds ago.
"Oh! Sorry, this spot is totally open if you wanna sit."
With that they hurried to shuffle their backpack off the spot next to them on the bench, giving a bright smile.
Hey, donāt worry about it. Oh yeah? My hands kind of justā¦ they just shake in general. Iāve never really thought about remembering to breathe, but I guess I could try that to calm myself down. Iāll make sure to let you know, then. And by the way ā thank you again for offering.
Yeah, a lot of people don't think about thinking about breathing, but it helps. The whole four, seven, eight thing helps a lot with just like, steadying yourself physically and emotionally. It's pretty helpful. No problem! I'm Chris, by the way, I don't think we've met before.
No problem. You should show me how you do this stuff, it sounds pretty interesting the way you talk about it. Ha, that works though, right? Look where you are now.
You could swing by the dorm sometime to look at the program and stuff, I'm pretty sure Thomas wouldn't mind too much. True! After 'how to fix broken toaster' got retweeted by some of my friends mockingly I realized what I was doing wrong.
Yeah, exactly! I like the way your mind flows. Yeah, that makes sense. Youāre probably a lot better at it than me.
Thanks! It's just a matter of figuring out how I want the nymphs to look and move now, so that's going to be fun. I mean, for a while I was putting my Google searches into my Twitter, so.
Oh, noā¦ Did that come out sarcastic? I didnāt mean it that way, I really do like it when people are honest with me. Itās refreshing, I guess? Yeah? My hands are always shaky and I donāt know why, so thatād be nice of you to do.Ā
Not super sarcastic, but I really hate like, making people feel shitty about themselves. Some people's hands just shake when they focus too hard. Something I find helps it to remember to breathe? Like, count in for four seconds, hold for seven, and then breathe out for eight. But yeah, I'd love to help if you ever need or want me to.
Perfect idea! Yeah, that would suck. Iād offer to help, but I suck at computer stuff. Iām not tech savy, to say the least.
They can be friends and the conflict can maybe be that...the tree is just too far away from the lake or something! To be honest, outside of animating I'm not that great either. I know my software and that's about it.
Well, points for being honest. If I watched the tutorial while I did it, though, itād get even worse ācause I wouldnāt be looking at the mirrorā¦ you know? I donāt even know, anymore.
Oh, God, no offense or anything, sorry! That's true, I guess. If you want, maybe I could help? I've got a pretty steady hand.Ā
That sounds cool, so you make cartoons like spongebob? Ah, okay. So you want to make cartoons about the nymph?
Not exactly like Spongebob. My stuff has a more painterly style to it. It's uh, it's hard to explain, but I sort of go for like...if oil paintings could move, that's sort of what I try to make my stuff look like. For my class, yeah!
Both would be interesting. But itās ultimately up to you. Itāll be cool either way, right?
Maybe I'll do something with both a water and tree nymph? I hope so, I mean, if it's not cool I'll fail or something and that would suck.
Animation is tv, right? and mythological is not real?Ā
Sort of, it's like cartoons and anime and stuff like that. Basically, yeah! Mythology is more like, uh...it's like really old stories and stuff that go back to Greek and Roman times, it has a lot to do with the Greek gods and all that.
That sounds interesting. What you are using nymphs for?
I'm an animation major, and I've got a project where I have to make a short film using some sort of mythological creature. Nymphs're just the first thing that came to mind!
What is a nymph?Ā
Oh! Nymph's're a creature from mythology, mostly Greek mythology, I think? They're basically a spirit of nature that's tied to a lake or tree or plant or whatever, depending on what kind of nymph they are.
I can't decide if I should use water nymphs or like, tree nymphs for my next animation projects. I know I wanna do nymphs, obviously, but like. Water'd be neat 'cause of how it flows, but then with trees there's all sorts of cool stuff with how light passes through leaves and stuff, y'know?
Iām pretty sure I spend at least a good hour or two a day watching makeup tutorials on Youtube ā so it doesnāt make sense to me that when I actually try to do my makeup, I end up looking like a hot mess? I should probably just give up, at this point.
I wouldn't say you look like a hot mess. Just a little...creative with the placement of your eyeliner is all. Maybe watch the tutorial while doing your makeup?
